Course
Number 401.667 Course Name
Advanced Theory of
Concrete Plasticity level Graduate
Professor
Hong Sung Gul HomePage: goozo.snu.ac.kr
E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 02-880-8360 Course Meeting Times : Seoul Nat’l Univ 39-432
Objective and Approach
The main objective of this course is to provide students with an advanced knowledge of the design and plastic character of reinforced concrete through understanding of material and structural behavior.
Course Description
This course is offered to graduate students. Topics covered include: Strength and Deformation of Concrete under Various States of Stress; Failure Criteria; Concrete Plasticity; Fracture Mechanics Concepts; Fundamental Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structural Systems and their Members; Basis for Strut-and-tie model; Yield Line Theory;
Course Textbook
Nielsen, N. P. Limit Analysis and Concrete Plasticity. 2nd ed. New York, NY: CRC Press, 1999.Nilson, A. H., D. Darwin, and C. W. Dolan. Design of Concrete Structures. 13th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2004.
James G. MacGregor and James K Wight. Reinforced Concrete Mechanics and Design 4th ed, in SI unit
Grading Policy
Attendance Homework Midterm
Exam Final Exam Participation
10% 20% 25% 35% 10% 100%
Calendar
LEC# Topics Key Dates
1
Introduction; Design Criteria for Reinforced Concrete Structures
Chapter 1. theory of plasticity
2 Stress-strain Behavior in Multiaxial Loading
Chapter 2. Yield conditions Homework 1
3 Design of Disks
4 Chapter 3. The theory of plain concrete Homework 2
5 Fracture Concepts Chapter 4. Disks
6 Strut and Tie models Homework 3
7 Midterm Exam
8 Chapter 5. Beams
9 Shear Design
Beams on Torsion Homework 4
10 Chapter 7. Punching shear of slabs
11 Chapter 8. Shear in joints
12 Shear Failures Homework 5
13 Chapter 9. The bond strength of reinforcing bars
14 Yield Line Theory for Slabs
15 Final Exam